Qatar’s prime minister will attend talks in Saudi Arabia over soaring regional tensions, the foreign ministry said Wednesday, one of the first high-level contacts following a two-year Riyadh-led boycott of Doha. Since June 2017, Saudi Arabia along with the United Arab Emirates and their allies have enforced a boycott of Qatar including bans on shipping, trade, direct flights, overflight and land crossings. The alliance, which also includes Bahrain and Egypt, accuses Doha of supporting Islamist movements and backing Iran — claims Qatar rejects.
